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Salunga, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Salunga, Pennsylvania |
| settlement_type | Census-designated place |
| pushpin_map | Pennsylvania#USA |
| pushpin_label | Salunga |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | United States |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Pennsylvania |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Lancaster |
| subdivision_type3 | Townships |
| subdivision_name3 | West Hempfield, East Hempfield |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 4.66 |
| area_land_km2 | 4.66 |
| area_water_km2 | 0.0 |
| population_as_of | 2010 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2695 |
| population_density_km2 | 578.4 |
| timezone | Eastern (EST) |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| elevation_ft | 411 |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code_type | ZIP Code |
| postal_code | 17538 (Landisville) |
| blank_name | FIPS code |
| blank_info | 42-67656 |
| blank1_name | GNIS feature ID |
| blank1_info | 1186888 |
Salunga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in West Hempfield and East Hempfield townships in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,695. The community was once part of the Salunga-Landisville CDP, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census, the other being Landisville.
The name "Salunga" comes from the nearby Chiquesalunga (now Chickies) Creek, which in turn is derived from the Lenape "Chiquesalunga", meaning "place of the crayfish".
Geography
Salunga is in northwestern Lancaster County, in the northeastern part of West Hempfield Township and the western part of East Hempfield Township. It is bordered to the east by Landisville. Pennsylvania Route 283, a four-lane freeway, forms the northeastern edge of the CDP, with access from an interchange with Spooky Nook Road. PA 283 leads southeast 8 mi to Lancaster, the county seat, and northwest 30 mi to Harrisburg, the state capital.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Salunga CDP has a total area of 4.7 sqkm, of which 1352 sqm, or 0.03%, are water. Chiques Creek flows past the northwestern side of the community, running southwest to the Susquehanna River.
References
References
- "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau.
- "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Salunga CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau.
- Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans. (1883). "History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania". Evert & Peck.
- "Indian Names Data Chart". [[Susquehanna River Basin Commission]].
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